the virginia u.s. senate race between former governors george allen and tim kaine is still a dead heat in the polls. both men spent time in northern virginia focusing on the looming defense cuts. julie carey is here to tell us they have very different solutions to this. >> they do, tim kaine and george allen do agree on this. those automatic defense cuts, the fallout from the stand-off on capitol hill need to be stopped before they kick in next year. what's on the line is up to 200,000 virginia jobs. many of them in northern virginia. >> reporter: northern virginia defense contractors are hosting a lot of campaign visits this fall. george allen huddled in stafford county with company leaders. their frustration clear. >> if we can just make a decision and then move forward. >> reporter: tim kaine toured a business called mvm that does arms training. the northern virginia defense contractors say they feel under siege, caught in the cross hairs of the sequester. $500 billion in automatic defense cuts, set